Issues in the year 2000

Anti-gay attitudes are beginning to thaw. Also, two assessments of the Clinton presidency, and the risky business of trying to reform Social Security and Medicare.

Analyzing the role of public opinion in political campaigns, also tributes to Everett Carll Ladd, former director of the Roper Center, and a pollster's-eye view of Mexico's first presidential primary.

Looking at God and religion through America's eyes, and the evolution-creationism debate rages on, 75 years after the Scopes monkey trial. Also, Latinos are losing their cultural strengths as they blend into mainstream society, and two assessments…

The harried super woman of the 1970s is being replaced by sensible woman, who can still have it all, just not all at once. Also, too many congressional races lack competition, and opinion polls are playing a critical role in cultivating emerging…

The political parties chase the unaffiliated voter. Also, Americans are maintaining their work ethic while but also cultivating a taste for leisure, and democracy in Mexico turns the corner.

Public figures, private lives, and privacy tradeoffs in a free society. Also, when it comes to money, are you an achiever, dreamer, left out, satisfied or averse, and does life really get better with age?